Palos Verdes High School - Triton Yearbook (Palos Verdes Estates, CA)

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y %:-- Xi THIS WILL HELP KEEP your knee stable, Nurse Virginia Wilson tells Jeri Seelye as she splints her injured knee. Plastic splints were a new aid used by the health office. ' NOW YOUR WEIGHT, Nurse ' s Secretary Ruth Rea tells Peter Barrett as his height and weight are checked for C.I.F. Mrs. Mary Bernatz: B.A., M.A.; Home Teacher. Mrs. Virginia Wilson: B.S., M.A.; Nurse; Medics Club; Faculty Ass ' n, Welfare Chairman, Insurance Rep.; Faculty Club Welfare Com- mittee. Health Office Aids, Counsels Students Swimming can cure many ills. The health office conveyed doctors ' recommendations to the P.E. department for students with disabling injuries. The pool provided hydro-therapeutic treatment for those unable to participate in gym. Nurse Virginia Wilson and Secretary Ruth Rea treated 1 25 students daily. They gave off- campus passes and readmits, and kept accurate health records and emergency cards. The health office assisted doctors with physi- cal exams given to boys participating in competi- tive sports. In correlation with the driver educa- tion program, an attempt was made to test the vision of all sophomore students while hearing tests were administered upon special request. Home Teacher Mary Bernatz traveled 25 to 40 miles a day to tutor bedridden students. She made extensive use of audio-visual aids, often bringing classroom lectures to the home by way of tapes. Mrs. Bernatz taught all areas of study except higher level moth and science courses. RAISING HER FINGER as she hears different tones, Ruth Nursall has her hearing checked with on audiometer by Nurse Virginia Wilson who health counsels. 28

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ENJOYING THE LISTENING library facility, Chris Novak conducts The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as she hears Beethoven ' s Symphony No. 7 in A. ' N CAN ' T FIND anything about the conflict between KennecJy and the steel industry, Bill Pique complains to Llbrorion Mary Cosh who helps him. Library Adds to Tapes, Offers More Services Miss Mory Cosh: B.A.; li- brarian; Faculty Play. Symphonies, operas and iazz provided pleasure for music students when the listening library, started by the Pat Pratt Memorial Fund, was expanded from 90 to 180 tapes. A Freedom Shrine — reproductions of fa- mous American documents — was displayed in the library after its presentation by the South Bay Executive Club and Allied Research and Engineering Company in December. The library now contains 1 2,000 volumes and subscribes to 229 periodicals. To accom- modate the increase in books, shelf space was expanded with a center divider. Approximately 500 books circulate during a one-week period. The service of checking out college cata- logues through the library for a one-week period was inaugurated for students. 200 up-to-date college catalogues were available. The library rented a photocopier for stu- dent ' s use at ten cents per copy and planned to get a microfilm reader-printer in order to store periodical material more efficiently. HONORS GOVERNMENT Student Anne Fletcher hands Student Clerk Sara Mayholl her library card as she checks out books for a term paper on the Speaker of the House. 27

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MAGAZINES INTEREST Brian Forbes, English certificate; Pat Wilson, social studies; Bob Diepenbrock, drama, and Lore Woodcock, foreign language. The possibility of receiving $1,000 became a reality to four deserving students v ho received the Bank of America plaques in vocational, liberal and fine arts, and math and science. The students were chosen in March for excellence in the areas of scholarship, lead- ership and promise of future success and service to so- ciety. Eleven certificates v ere also awarded to outstand- ing students in specific departmental areas. This state-wide program enabled the plaque recip- ients to compete in zone competition in April. The first place winners of this contest, judged in group discus- sions in their related subject areas, took part in the May finals and were able to win up to $1,000. ADMIRING PLAQUE ore Winners Kris Starck, fine arts; Brad O ' Brien, liberal arts; Judy Friess, vocational arts, ond Paul McJones, math-science. Bank of America Honors Scholars DISCUSSING SUMMER plans are Randi Seery, art certificate; Linda Leon, home economics; Eileen Morrison, music, and Gail Costigon, business. WORKING INTREGALS on the blackboard occupies Brian Cox, math certificate; Randy Gausman, industrial arts, and Richard Willis, lab scence. 29